Lubeck 1612 1/4 thaler

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Künker sale 335, lot 4037
city and bishopric of Lübeck in 1648

This specimen was lot 4037 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,243 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LÜBECK, STADT. 1/4 Reichstaler (8 Schilling) 1612, mit Titel von Matthias und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Alexander Lüneburg. . RR Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Lubeck, quarter thaler, in the name of Matthias and the badge of mayor Alexander Luneburg. Rare, fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type is listed for 1601, 1603, 1608-12 and is rather expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 7,08 g.

Catalog reference: KM A6, Behrens vgl. 257 (but with the title of Rudolf II.).

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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